The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... trust ; complaining of hostilities which she dares not resent ; deficient to her allies ; lofty to her subjects , and submissive to her enemies ; whilst the liberal government of this free nation is supported by the hireling sword of ...
... trust ; complaining of hostilities which she dares not resent ; deficient to her allies ; lofty to her subjects , and submissive to her enemies ; whilst the liberal government of this free nation is supported by the hireling sword of ...
Page 13
... trust them as amply as we think proper ; but as they have most certainly a call for all the reason which their stock can furnish , why should we think it proper to disturb its operation by inflaming their passions ? I may be unable to ...
... trust them as amply as we think proper ; but as they have most certainly a call for all the reason which their stock can furnish , why should we think it proper to disturb its operation by inflaming their passions ? I may be unable to ...
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... trust , I found your parlia- ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession ...
... trust , I found your parlia- ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession ...
Page 29
... trust , and not to endeavour to prove from thence , that they have reasoned amiss , and that having gone so far , by analogy , they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by my pleasure . If we had seen this done by any others , we should ...
... trust , and not to endeavour to prove from thence , that they have reasoned amiss , and that having gone so far , by analogy , they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by my pleasure . If we had seen this done by any others , we should ...
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... trust in the inclinations and prejudices of mankind , and so little in anything else , that I should expect ten times more benefit to this kingdom from the affection of America , though under a separate establishment , than from her ...
... trust in the inclinations and prejudices of mankind , and so little in anything else , that I should expect ten times more benefit to this kingdom from the affection of America , though under a separate establishment , than from her ...
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